House Bills - 109th Congress

H.R. 3084—The Drug Free Sports Act of 2005

On June 28, 2005, Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL) introduced H.R. 3084, the Drug Free Sports Act of 2005. The bill would direct the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations requiring testing for steroids and other performance enhancing substances for certain sports associations engaged in interstate commerce. The bill would also require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the NIDA Director, to prescribe the substances for which professional athletes are tested, establish criteria by which professional sports associations may provide substances to athletes prior to or after any drug test, and establish criteria for test administration. The measure also calls for penalties for a positive test, and criteria under which the names of athletes testing positive may be disclosed. H.R. 3084, which has eight cosponsors, was referred to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce.

Legislative Update (December 2006): Drug Free Sports Act